CRIME & SAFETY
Fentanyl overdose leads to first-degree murder charge against man accused of selling drug
Javontay Kinder and Tyler Twiehaus exchanged text messages late last June to arrange a meeting to complete a drug transaction, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigators said. Days after their meeting, Kinder sent Twiehaus messages providing his new cellphone number and contact information. Twiehaus never saw them. He was dead of an...
‘Don’t Worry, I Shot Them Both’: Florida Man Charged After Killing Married Couple In Property Dispute Over Basketball Hoop
An ongoing property dispute between a Florida man and his neighbors turned fatal last week when the couple next door was shot to death amid […] ‘Don’t Worry, I Shot Them Both’: Florida Man Charged After Killing Married Couple In Property Dispute Over Basketball Hoop
Cuban rapper Chocolate MC accused of kidnapping ex-girlfriend in Miami, then raping her
MIAMI – A well-known Latin music artist was arrested Friday after he kidnapped his ex-girlfriend outside of an apartment building and then drove her to Palm Beach County, where he raped her, authorities said. According to an arrest warrant, the victim and her friend had just exited an Uber...
73-Year-Old Woman Fatally Struck by Dump Truck at Palm Beach Gardens Intersection
A tragic crash early Tuesday morning claimed the life of a 73-year-old woman in Palm Beach Gardens, when her car was struck by a dump truck, authorities reported. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office disclosed that the collision took place near the intersection of Bee Line Highway and PGA Boulevard at approximately 6:17 a.m. Margaret Zenga, the woman behind the wheel of a white Mercedes, had been waiting at a red light in the left turn lane of the westbound lanes on PGA Boulevard, WPTV reported. Meanwhile, the driver of the dump truck was heading northwest on Beeline Highway where it intersected with PGA Boulevard on a green light.
'It was horrifying': Neighbor recalls propane explosion that shook Lake Worth neighborhood
LAKE WORTH BEACH — A gas explosion gutted a two-story home in a gated community Friday night, igniting a fire so strong that it melted the plastic picture frames and faux-leather chairs in a home next door. The explosion in Lake Worth Beach's Bay Hill Village remains under investigation. However, neighbors believe it...
‘Thankfully, I’m here to tell the story’: Florida man speaks after falling into shark-infested waters
A 24-year-old Stuart, Florida man was thankful to tell his story on Thursday, just two weeks after he slipped and fell off his boat into shark-infested waters in the Bahamas and was bitten twice, once on the knee and the other on the shoulder. Speaking for the first time since...
Hit-and-run death investigation leads to arrest of Boynton Beach man
DELRAY BEACH — A 19-year-old Boynton Beach man is facing charges related to a fatal hit-and-run crash involving an older man in Delray Beach last November. Police last week arrested Trajan Johnson on one count apiece of leaving the scene of an accident causing death and tampering with evidence. Delray Beach police said Johnson struck and killed 71-year-old Romeo Della Valle on the 1300 block of Southwest 10th Avenue on Nov. 11, 2023, then fled from the scene of the crash.
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